Memory cards
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Boro

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521 posts

236 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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We've got an account with Lexar & Delkin for our GoPro stuff but I'm thinking about stocking some high quality memory cards for photographers. Do any of you guys use/rate Lexar or Delkin?

If so, could you point me in the right direction as to which card(s) you would choose and why?

Thanks in advance.

Crafty_

14,073 posts

229 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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Transcend. Never had a problem with them, don't cost a fortune.

Pints

18,451 posts

223 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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Happy with SanDisk.

mikef

6,158 posts

280 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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I have some Lexar but if I have time to order high end cards online, I usually find that Sandisk are either cheaper or have better performance for the price; I'd always look for Sandisk first, they always seem to live up to their advertised read/write speads

Edited to add: Current favourite is SanDisk SDSDXPA-064G-X46 Extreme Pro 64GB Class 1 95MB/s SDHC Memory Card ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005LFT3UW)


Edited by mikef on Thursday 26th September 18:55

tenohfive

6,276 posts

211 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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Pints said:
Happy with SanDisk.
Likewise.

Boro

Original Poster:

521 posts

236 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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Thanks, I'd always thought of SanDisk as top quality cards but after the recent GoPro saga I kind of mistrust them now. I guess for still cameras they might have a better reputation.

For those that don't know what happened, in a nutshell, GoPro recommended SanDisk until recently but pulled the plug after alot of their class 10 microSD cards didn't perform to spec which caused no end of problems, returns and refunds for faulty/freezing GoPro cameras. Hence the move to Lexar/Delkin.

I guess SanDisk are still top dog for still photographers though judging by the first few comments.

mikef

6,158 posts

280 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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Wow, just Googling there does seem to be a compatability issue there: http://discussion.gopro.com/gopro/topics/gopro_kil...

I can only say that the Sandisk Class 10 SDXC is reliable and fast in my cameras and Lenovo laptop

mrdemon

21,146 posts

294 months

Thursday 26th September 2013
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the fastest new range are branded USH-I (1) which is more than class 10, but even class 10 cards can read from only 10MB/sec to 100 MB/second



Lexar are a top brand as are sandisk.

Many pros tend to use Lexar over Sandisk.

I use some PNY UHS-I 100MB/s cards as they were quite cheap and rated very well

mikef

6,158 posts

280 months

Friday 27th September 2013
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Oops, yes, the Sandisk I posted above is Class 1

gingerpaul

2,929 posts

272 months

Friday 27th September 2013
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I bought 3 My Memory own brand cards for slightly less than the Transcend cards a couple of years ago for personal stuff and 2 out of three have gone wrong. I only use Transcend and Sandisk for for business and pleasure now as neither have let me down yet.